#etat again

[ninereadytoanswer]

d/s au calamity Xie Lian gives Wu Ming a spiked collar (the kind with the spikes on the inside). Tells him he'll wear it, if he wants to be following him. Wu Ming does, of course.

(Xie Lian remembers this over the centuries as another way he was awful to his last believer he then proceeded to get killed. Hua Cheng of course has very different feelings about his memories.)

#tgcf #wu ming #wulian #calamity!xie lian #collars #collaring #dark fealty #dark devotion #i write #rprompts #n!f #thought of this suddenly as an idea for my ficlet series but not writing that rn #etat #ds aus #(facepalm self) #etat again #nonconsensual consent #me: hm i need a tag for this kind of thing. ...well dark devotion slash fealty basically gets it #me now: oh right I literally already have a word

[squareroot-1]

#happy new year #new year #pretty #and then when i went looking i liked that first sentiment and also some other gifs #and then some couldn't find again sadly; 2023 found with that search and two others from window stars are standing in for one I didn't #technology i don't usually use! #has comment #have some nicefeelings now #i post #myself #etat #flashing gif

[bloodbankzz]

haha omg so ive been wearing i am trash - les fleurs du déchet since last night and man to be honest i really tried 2 be a hater bc with both etat libre d'orange scents ive tried so far ive been so so so so obsessed with the experimental and creative and gorgeous scents that open up right when ive applied them and unfortunately and thoroughly bored with what i am left with after those >5min pass for the rest of the day. so when that happened for i am trash i was like it was fully starting to get on my nerves i wanted so badly for them to keep ANYTHING of the stuff i loved so much and i just was not getting it but good lord APPARENTLY i should not have judged so quickly because now ive found myself kind of in love with the way shes finally settled on my skin and mixed with it AND ITS LIKE... what an absolute rollercoaster this perfume house has absolutely had me once again

#i think ill apply it differently than my usual inside both elbows next time and i think i can find this just how i want it #i really am just so impressed by etat libre d'orange i cant stop having my attention fully captured again and again

[loughie]

Not to sound like a crybaby, but this perfume literally traumatised me. I had always wanted to try it after reading many polarising reviews and just hearing about it from perfume ppl on tumblr. Of course, a perfume that is said to smell like blood, sweat, semen and saliva would be disgusting for most noses. But... I love the "idea" of these smells and was really expecting an almost sympathetic version of these notes. "Why would they make a perfume with those notes and have it smell horrifying?" Oh babe......babe...I am silly to believe that this would be a nice, considerate perfume.

So I haven't tested it on my skin. I tested it on a piece of paper, and within the first spray, I was shocked. I couldn't really describe the scent. Maybe it's like if someone breathed in my face? Maybe it smells like the bins I change at the clinic? But after 5 minutes and attempting to identify the smell, my body was just fully rejecting it. It started to smell like someone's scalp after not washing their hair for weeks, which I don't necessarily find to be a gross smell. In fact, I quite like that smell. But the mixture of all these notes together is just traumatic.

My brain wasn't letting me figure out what I was smelling because I could tell my brain instinct was telling me, "You're smelling something dangerous, reject it and don't smell it" like when you smell a bio-hazard, or a toxic chemical. This mix of notes creates a unidentifiable, yet human smell. Too human. Blood, cum rag, sweaty hands, skin, hair.

After about half an hour, I tried smelling again. My reaction was even worse than before. I just kept instinctively pushing it away from me the moment I tried to give it a sniff. I'd just dry heave. I was so disappointed. Not in the perfume, but disappointed in myself. "I'm not weird enough to like the weird perfume." I thought. The same night I projectile vomited in the bathroom after smoking a bit too much, this rarely happens. So, I low-key blame this perfume for allowing that to happen and weakening my stomach.

I love perfumes that smell like sweat and body odour, but this was just disgusting. It smells like those scents you block out of your mind the first time you smelled it because it was so traumatising. However, I really like the concept. I wish I had a perfume that evoked the idea, but maybe with less lactonic notes. I think the "off-milk" scent along with the metallic "blood" notes is what was making my body so scared and frustrated. I can not explain the visceral emotional reaction this scent gives me. I have a huge amount of respect for Etat Libre D'orange for creating such a unique, disgusting, bodily perfume with absolutely no attempt to make it pleasing. It's a great marketing technique for their brand, and after smelling their other perfumes, I've found some that I definitely want to buy. Jasmine et Cigarette is amazing, and so is Afternoon of A Faun.

7/10. Higher rating because I have a lot of respect for the nerve and audacity they had to make this. I'm definitely going to buy a bottle of Jasmine Et Cigarette. Very Courtney Love vibes.

#i cannot imagine trying this on the skin #i know it might actually be nicer on the skin but it literally made me feel sick all day #perfume #even just writing this i can smell it in my mind and the emotional reaction i get is so severe

[callmearcturus]

Perfume Diary: Etat Libre D'Orange's She Was An Anomaly

Okay Silver requested I try out specific samples from my discovery box and this was one of them.

Heavy musk, really gorgeous mix of sandalwood & white florals. When Alkemia and other indie perfumers promise "this is a musk note!" this is what I want it to be. It's odd because on me, its not really Top Notes vs Base Notes to me? It is a singular, distinctive Note.

This may be because, and here is the caveat: I don't get a drydown on this one. It just... fades. Perhaps this is because the nature of musk scents (at least on me) is the subtle waning of them, like the fading of a rainstorm. Or, what my fear is, my body chemistry is just not compatible with this scent and is eating the fragrance before I get to the maturation points.

Which sucks! Bc this is interesting! It's nice! I'm finally like "OH is that ambergris? Huh!"

I just got these yesterday so I'm gonna let this sit and do what The Enthusiast Crowd calls "macerate" and try it again in a week.

#perfume diary

[5bi5]

"'The Damned' is featured on the Plasmatics’s third studio album, Coup D´Etat (1982). The video shows Wendy in epic form driving a school bus loaded with explosives, crashing into two walls of TVs, climbing on to the roof and then jumping off right before the explosion. The video shoot had to be completed in one day, and no second take was possible. Always a danger freak, Wendy refused to stop the production even after seriously spraining her ankle. The video was a massive success despite MTV’s pushback with its legal department demanding the inclusion of a “warning” label at the beginning. Once again, Wendy Williams transcended the limits of what rockstars were doing at that time, whether male or female."

#wendy o williams #explosions #fire

[telomereschronicles]

Suite au sondage sur la zone de jeu, le choix de la ville s'est porté sur Atlanta aux Etats-Unis. Si tous les personnages seront libres d'aller où bon leur semble dans le monde, le jeu se concentrera donc particulièrement sur une Atlanta fictive, modifiée pour les besoins du contexte.

Pop. - 5 millions Motto - Resurgens, latin for Rising Again State - Georgia Capitale du Sud, Atlanta est une ville chargée d'histoire, agitée par sa nombreuse population et son activité qui ne cesse jamais. Et pourtant, ville avec un des plus hauts taux de chômage du pays, Atlanta s'enfonce dans les dettes, les problèmes et la criminalité. Cœur pourri du sud, rien de bon n'en sort plus depuis longtemps, rien que la violence et la corruption. Devenue terrain de jeu privilégié de Nova, Vortex et Rackham, un rayon de soleil semble briller sur Atlanta avec l'arrivée de tous ces héros. Mais cela suffira-t-il ? Cette ville à la dérive pourra-t-elle se relever encore une fois ?

#forum rpg #forumactif #french rpg #joker #powers #projet rpg #rpg français #rpg #superhero #supervillain #annexe

[did-we-imagine]

Hi never “both sides” a genocide again please and thank you

I'm not sure what you mean to say, but I feel compelled to show empathy to all civilian victims in general because all lives are equal, and it is not to whitewash Israel or to minimize their war crimes (aka actual genocide/ethnic cleansing to further their colonial agenda).

One can feel bad for all civilian victims without buying into the criminal doctrine of zionism or being an israel/IDF apologist.

Dehumanizing civilians on either side is never good as it allows for racist/fanatic/murderous/extremist ideas to fester, which can lead to terrible tragedies. (This is exactly what is happening to the Palestinians in particular right now, they are being vilified through malicious propaganda. Jewish people went through the same during WWII with the nazis. It also happened to the Germans after during the final parts of WWII. Many women were raped by the Allies' soldiers...) . Here is an example of a mixed family.

I believe that the previous point is very important because there have been various extremists thinking that they were avenging the wronged party in their eyes through hate crimes against muslims / jews (the american 71 years old dude who killed that poor palestinian child and severely attacked his mother, and many others, which you can read about in this link).

I do not believe one bit that Israel's repeated attacks on hapless civilians in churches/hospitals are justifiable or defendable at all.

In conclusion, I would like to add a few very important points, especially for the people who defend Israel & think that pro-palestine people are antisemitic/racists/whatever:

-> This is not a religious war between jews and muslims. This is a colonizer entity attacking/exiling the colonized party. There is no reason to hate followers of either religion. In fact, palestine is a multi-religious country. There are muslim, christian and even jewish palestinians.

-> The palestinians are also semitic.

-> Right now, Israel is using Hamas' action as a justification to dish out full on genocide. However, as per international law, collective punishment of a people can never be justified by any means. Friendly reminder that Hamas =/= Palestinians and Zionism =/= Judaism:

https://www.aaiusa.org/library/debunking-all-palestinians-are-hamas

-> There are much more complex politics at play( FYI, other countries are using this conflict as a proxy war, esp USA/Iran ), considering that Hamas was financed by Iran, Hezbollah, and even Netanyahou/far right politicians from Israel who want to implement a one-state (Israel only) solution. The last category wanted to destabilize the Palestinian Authority & avoid the formation of a palestinian state through this.

Sources :

https://www.liberation.fr/checknews/netanyahou-a-t-il-dit-que-transferer-de-largent-au-hamas-etait-la-bonne-strategie-pour-contrecarrer-la-creation-dun-etat-palestinien-20231011_F5AKUAMMNVENDLJ6WBXLFPJETE/%3foutputType=amp

It's all the more jarring that this is french media saying this since the majority of their media is pro-israel.

https://archive.ph/H8LSL

-> Last but not least, this is not an equal war (for those who think that Israel is in their right). The infamous statistics of casualties. Pre-7th october 2023 :

https://www.statista.com/chart/16516/israeli-palestinian-casualties-by-in-gaza-and-the-west-bank/

Yeah, more people are dying on the Palestinian side...Because the genocide/colonization project has been ongoing for 75 years. This is proof on its own that Israel is a criminal state. Who woulda thunk?

Current stats:

Http://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/longform/2023/10/9/israel-hamas-war-in-maps-and-charts-live-tracker

->Israel is using this attack as an excuse to further its expansionist agenda, it's not quite bothered by the hostages' actual fates 🤡 :

#in defense of palestine #israel and palestine #israel palestine conflict #israel palestine war #palestine genocide #genocide #anti-zionism #still let's not fall into hatred #let's be better than the war criminals ok #damn *phew* i finally finished it i literally lost a part of it and had to rewrite it despite saving it as a draft #im super unlucky these days i broke my tea glass yesterday and the tea was spilt #i stepped on my fucking mirror today #also lost an audio recording of an interesting conference like fuck my life #fuck my electronics too disappoing af #anyway that was very important #i do not fucking endorse genocide ok #*sigh time to go to sleep for me* #may i wake up to a better situation and all of you too my homies #israel #palestine

[yaraaltroreboot]

Powerpuff Girls: Growing Gains

Since the reboot isn’t good enough for us who watched the original Powerpuff Girls, why not bringing up grown-up versions of the originals?

Okay, it’s an established idea many people around this website pondered and fanart-ed about,  there’s even TweenAnimation Studios’s videos relating to this, but my idea is something beyond just the grown-up girls: it brings relatable issues, and a more mature tone to this universe. 

This idea could either become a movie or a Netflix series. I’d watch either way.

Blossom is literally the first who blossoms into a woman, having her period first, taking more mature issues to her studies, and aiming to college, while also having to deal with saving the day. This last issue however isn’t as constant as it used to be in childhood, because things change and times as well.

Bubbles is still a happy, kind soul; she has gained a little weight with time, which although she doesn’t find much of a issue at first, is the beginning of worries about the future, like what choices of career to pick, how people would react by finding she still have childish interests

Buttercup starts wearing glasses as she grows up, and unlike Bubbles, it’s for life. She first hates her glasses for making her look like a nerd, but is able to stand out in high school as one of the toughest students… but she might be losing a bit of sight about how far fighting for what’s right can go again, especially for Blossom.

Mrs. Keane is a dean at Townsville High School and tries to help Professor Utonium with his girls’ changes, and them to stick together. Utonium is starting to accept how fast his children grow and wonders if the way he educated them is good enough for them to face the future ahead.

The villains aren’t all active: some moved on, others found redemption and in some cases, jobs. Example: Sedusa runs a fashion business with Mask Scara, and in fact, was the one that helped the girls find new outfits since the dresses were getting too small and predictable for them.

Princess Morbucks stays in line enough to not be sent to jail, but promoves a coup’d etat against her own father to rule supreme the Morbucks hierarchy, with the help of her associate, Mojo Jojo.

The Rowdyruff Boys also grew up, but Boomer starts feeling even more out of place and even performs acts of kindness when nobody’s looking, pointing his possibility to change. however, when Bubbles is unable to keep defending herself, he has enough and turns against Brick and Butch, leaving the group and becoming Bubbles’s friend.

Him is always watching the girls, waiting for a chance to bring up the big guns. He starts off by officially turning Blossom and Buttercup against each other in a bloody battle, when Buttercup not only defeats but also almost kills her sister. Horrified and enraged at herself, she flies away to somewhere.

Bubbles and Boomer’s friendship is refreshing and adorable, as she supports him being kind and he helps her face some remaining fears. Shippers ahoy. *wink*

Buttercup finds shelter where once used to be the temple where the Monk helped her once. Now, empty and filled with cobwebs, Buttercup decides to find herself again, following all he taught her and recalling previous battles lived with her sisters.

As Blossom recovers, she refuses to accept she misses Buttercup, but can’t deny how the balance between the team has been broken. Eventually, she blames herself for not being able to keep the team together, which Bubbles disagress with, pointing that independent of how they grow up, they’ll always be sisters. And they’ve been through worse things.

Him then reunites with Morbucks and Mojo Jojo, proclaiming he’ll promove a triumphant return of the Beat-Alls, and of course Mojo points out Fuzzy Lumpkins is out of their plans for family issues. Soon enough, Him’s true plan is revealed, as he assumes the Powerpuff Girls cannot recover from their falling apart.

Chaos rains down as Him, powered by the negative energy acquired due to the infamous over-the-top attacks that drive the town to paranoia and panic, open up portals, bringing criminals and monsters from all eras. More than ever, the girls realize they have to come back together, and Boomer decides to convince his brothers to ally with the girls, the Townsville resistance starting to assemble itself.

Buttercup comes back right when things look beyond ugly. Mojo and Princess crawl out of Him’s sight, humiliated and defeated. The girls are back again and with the resigned Rowdyruff Boys, formulate a plan to not noly defeat Him, but stop his tyranny once and for all. But how to cease paranoia and fear? With hope.

As they bring out the big guns to put Him on his place and finish him for good, the Powerpuff Girls fully make up and the city’s happy to see their main hero team together again. Brick and Butch consider a truce for a while, needing to find themselves. Boomer remains in Townsville and admits his crush on Bubbles.

Townsville goes back to its normal course, and the girls stop the most recent problem: a group of meteors heading to Earth.

Additions by @iron-confederate:

Fuzzy Lumpkins finds reformation by finding love in his life and forms a family. A big factor in his reformation is utilizing his variety of experiences during his time as a criminal by taking the path of becoming an independent contractor. Fuzzy always plays a positive role in not just strengthening the friendship between Bubbles and Boomee, but also help Blossom make amends with Buttercup.

Mayor Bellum gets into a pickle when new heroes started appearing in Townsville. While some of these heroes have their hearts in the right place, their proper method of enforcing justice is much to be desired. This can be a good way of introducing civics education.

The Gangrene Gang had almost completely faded into obscurity, leading many of the members to experience an existential crisis.

Sedusa originally reformed, not out of genuine desire and an epiphany, it was out necessity. EVERYONE in Townsville knows who Sedusa is, so much so that just about anyone can see through her charm. Sedusa contemplates and struggles on what to do with her life before she got into fashion design.

The Bunny Memorial Foundation; An Institute to help those who were created through artificial means but we’re used for malicious intent against their will and/or abandoned because of defects.

#the powerpuff girls #idea #growing gains

[stormdistrict]

Calling all tumblr vegan-foodies! I discovered two products yesterday from two young and emerging companies! I'm not vegan, but I'm curious and critical. Taste and textures are important and I must admit that I seriously falled for two companies that deserve a lot of love! And for good reason, they REALLY stand out! The first "Green Brothers" offers Pogo Vegan, but beware...they have EXACTLY the same taste and texture as a classic non-vegan pogo. It's just crazy. They want to perfect their product even more (and honestly, they are already perfect in my eyes) and they want to expand their range eventually. They are young, dynamic and perfect allies for cravings. They don't have a website yet, but take a look at their Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenbrothers_aliments/ and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alimentsgreenbrothers The second "Etat Vegetal" offers tasty and varied Vegan products. BIG favorite for their faux-chicken croquettes with Seitan. Again texture and flavors are totally on point. Arancini, Taquitos, etc. they are just...WOW! They are frozen, practical and once again they satisfy cravings! This company is passionate, young and visionary. They think big and they clearly deserve to be known (and to be successful). Their website: www.etatvegetal.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/etatvegetal/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/etat_vegetal/ Give them some love! Be curious! Be gourmand!

#green brothers #etat vegetal #vegan #veganism #company #young #food #foodie #foodies #craving #food porn #delicious #discovery #sharing #if you know them let me know #contact them #contact your groceries #revolution #food revolution #share #veganfood #vegan treats #pogo #chicken nuggets #seitan #gourmand #curious

[museenkuss]

If there's one thing I know about you that I hold as an absolute truth, it's that it's impossible for you to miss-choose a perfume

this is so sweet ahhh thank you 😭♥️

I have to say though that it WAS a spontaneous idea to test this scent on skin again, which was STUPID. Never test something randomly if you have plans. It's Lust for Sun, by the way, and I expected something creamy-sweet and tropical, but, I'll be honest, I'm underwhelmed as well. There's a note in it that should be a creamy, gentle flower, I know that, I can see what this is meant to be, but to me the whole thing just translates to air freshener. Transparent, white, with a cotton-milk note that I also got from Yes I do (by Etat Libre) and which I do not like much. So, in other words - I don't think I stink (as I was fretting on the train, someone wearing a Cloud/Her Intense variation came in and immediately filled the cart), I'm also not a fan. Shame, because my outfit is SO cute and I'm ruining it for myself by my "expensive tropical spa resort bathroom" fragrance. And don't get me wrong: I can sense what they were doing, the light, transparent, flowery cloud, but it lacks sweetness and density to me personally, because I'm simply not a Clean Girl. In essence, I WISH I was wearing Narciso Ambree. (also mini side note: I got the same milky note from Narciso Rodriguez Her Intense, which also lured me in with the promise of yellow florals, and at this point I think I just have a problem with certain musks.)

so, again. Lesson learned: do not under any circumstances spray something you don't know for certain you'll like on your skin if you have plans that day.

[regulushair]

ELdO, my ELdO 2.0:

500 Years by Etat Libre d'Orange - sweet sweet rose, with a bit of cocoa powder on it, can't really say much more about it. Nice and simple.

Experimentum Crucis by Etat Libre d'Orange - surprisingly not much rose in this one - sweeter at the top, woodier and with more patchouli at the bottom, the rose is spread thinly throughout the whole thing. Also pretty good, but not awfully unique.

Hermann A Mes Cotes Me Paraissait Une Ombre by Etat Libre d'Orange - now that's more interesting, a whole lot of unique notes like earth after rain, specific rare woods and synthetic sea breeze. Also again rose. Actually has a lot of wateriness to it, after a while becomes wet rose and at the end is mostly fresh black currant leaves. Will return to it.

Noel au Balcon by Etat Libre d'Orange - sweet apricots at the top and sweet slightly spicy tangerines at the bottom. At the very end feels like faint cinnamon. Pleasant and fitting to the literal meaning of its title.

Remarkable People by Etat Libre d'Orange - bright grapefruit juice with bubbles from the champagne that with time becomes white flowers (it says jasmine, but I feel something else too) and leathery notes from labdanum. Very very interesting development - will return to this one as well.

Tilda Swinton Like This by Etat Libre d'Orange - realistic pumpkin spice (with actual pumpkin that is) at the top, that unfortunately fades pretty quickly into something just sweet.

Don't Get Me Wrong Baby, YES I DO by Etat Libre d'Orange - returned to this one to see if there's anything unique about it, distinguishing it from other lily-of-the-valley fragrances and I can't really tell I found anything too special about it. It's very pleasant, very realistic lily-of-the-valley with some added sweetness, got a tad soapy on me. At the very bottom gave me a bit of jasmine (if I didn't imagine it of course).

#perfume #at the alchemist #etat libre d'orange #eldo

[josefavomjaaga]

Soult on Rügen, April 1808

After the peace of Tilsit in July 1807, history books will immediately follow Napoleon back to Paris and continue their story with Napoleon getting involved on the Iberian peninsula, first in Portugal, then in Spain. After all, events in Poland and Prussia had come to an end.

Or had they? Actually, several French army corps were still occupying most of Prussian territory, and would do so until the Prussian government had fulfilled the obligations resulting from the peace of Tilsit. Which became quite a struggle, with Prussians unwilling to pay and Napoleon interpreting individual articles very much in his own favour.

The guy to oversee this struggle was, you’re guessing it, one Jean-de-dieu Soult. Why not make use of a learned notary among your marshals, right? (Okay, almost learned notary. At least he would have been one if he hadn't jumped out of his master's window early one morning to run away. - What the heck, that would do for the Prussians!)

So, together with Mortier, Davout and Brune (I think), Soult stayed behind and became military governor for large chunks of what is today Germany and Poland. His position included many civilian functions, like negotiating border customs and a trade route for the Saxons through Prussia to the Duchy of Warsaw. He even had to install professors in German universities. Which probably led to him meeting, during one of the many journeys he made through the country he governed, one Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten, the Lutheran preacher of Altenkirchen on Rügen, who like many priests had to work together with the French in daily life as the priests often were the single official authority left. Kosegarten in his writings describes the meeting as follows:

It was a sunny, mild day in April. I was sitting under the blossoming chestnut trees in front of my house next to good Captain Martin [of the French forces stationed in Altenkirchen], who was telling me about the vineyards and orchards his grandparents had left him in his fatherland, and which he was longing to see again; when a hussar came bustling up into the courtyard and brought greetings from General Grandjean, telling me at the same time that Marshal Soult was nearby, that they had decided to call on me, that everyone was starving, and that I was therefore being asked to provide breakfast. For my part, I was already too accustomed to visits of this kind to be particularly upset by the unexpected announcement. My captain, on the other hand, was beside himself. He believed he had to step up to the plate in this extraordinary event. He thought he had to defend the honour of our house in such an urgent case, and at the same time his own. Since he had already made the women in my family realise that their cooking was not up to much, […]

He had? This kinda makes me wonder how Mrs. Kosegarten may have felt about “good Captain Martin”.

[…] this time he personally took over the kitchen, called his faithful Le Roy, put on an apron, commanded the maids as if he were standing in front of his fusiliers, had eggs boiled, ribs roasted, macaroni fried, and prepared the sauces and salads himself; one would have sworn that the man's true place was in front of the hearth, not on the battlefield.

Look, it’s Soult. If there’s one thing to put him in what passes for a good mood in his case, it’s good food. The captain knows what he’s doing. Just make sure the bread is up to par, too!

In the meantime, the marshal arrived before I had time to change my housecoat for something more suitable. A host of commanders, division and brigadier generals, adjutant majors and aide de camps accompanied him. There was General Compans, the head of the Etat major, Molitor, who commanded at Stralsund, Grandjean, who commanded at Rügen; the other names have slipped my mind. I cannot say anything but that these men approached me with all the urbanity [i.e.: civility] imaginable. There was not one of them who did not know to tell me something special and obliging.

The marshal was venerable to me. Broken by wounds, he could only hold himself up with difficulty. I found him cordial and simple. In view of the Swiss landscape paintings hanging on the walls, he talked of the campaigns he had made in those regions, and thought he recognised some of them in the paintings.

And as Kosegarten does not mention anything about their disappearance, it seems they even were still on his wall when Soult left. 😁

Compans had slashed a finger in the ferry boat, which hurt him; he asked if I knew any advice. I then found a strip of band-aid, which I put on, insisting that the Emperor should not find out about it, because it was English goods. Molitor told the marshal about the prayer house I had undertaken to build on Arkona; the marshal demanded to see the subscription list; he also wanted to sign it, he said; I was sorry not to have the list at hand; I promised to send it to him later. Breakfast was now served. My captain entered, completely stunned with awe; one might have thought that the Emperor himself was present …

At table, everything was quite cheerful, and the hungry warriors, who had, of course, travelled all night and had been fasting since last evening, were quite pleased with what the captain had prepared. The marshal, who ordinarily looked very serious and almost sour [...]

Almost??? - Look, I really like the guy, but he usually made a face as if he was about to devour somebody alive or had just done so and was suffering from severe digestive problems because of it. - Sorry for the interruption. So, the marshal [...]

[…] (he is also said to be a strict man in matters of the service), grew more and more open and cheerful. He had just read Chateaubriand's latest work, The Spirit of Christianity, and talked to me about it intelligently and accurately. Then he spoke of his wife, who was German, and showed much affection for our people. He also spoke of the Emperor, to whom he seemed sincerely attached, something I had hitherto rarely noticed in these French military leaders …

Obviously, you’ve never met Lannes or Davout.

After dinner, the Marshal expressed a wish to see my family. My wife asked to be excused.

Thank you. I can do without meeting the guy for whom my cooking wasn’t good enough.

But the children had to come in, no matter how much they resisted. Gottfried stood there quite defiantly, maltreating the Marshal and Duke as Monsieur; he hardly even acknowledged him when he was asked a few questions about Geneva and Paris, for [the marshal] had heard that the boy had been there. The men took great delight in my daughters, whose blossoming beauty, touching grace and sweetness opened the hearts of these defiant, scarred warriors, and brought a tear to the eye of the already ageing marshal, […]

[…] who cannot have been older than 39 when this took place […]

[...] who had grown stiff with bloody work, and who was thinking of his own children when he met them. Of course, they then had to show off what they had learned, their little bit of piano playing, and what they had scribbled together with a quill, of foliage, trees and flowers. Many kind things, as can easily be guessed, were said to them, especially to the smaller, stupider one, who was much closer to crying than to laughing ...

Most of the day passed in this way. The carriages were finally prepared, and to my not insignificant relief. The marshal did not fail to offer me his services in parting; in the customary way, of course; but there was something in his tone and manner which seemed to indicate that he was serious about what he was saying. He thought he had noticed, he said, that neither I nor my children were in their rightful place here; he would be pleased to see a man of merit brought out of obscurity; if he could contribute to this as long as he had to administer the rights of the sovereign in the province, he would do so with eagerness, and in this case he expected my letters .... I cannot say that the Marshal's well-meant remarks were particularly to my taste. Of course, it was not possible to communicate with him about the concepts of celebrity and obscurity, of the outer world and the inner world, of happiness and enjoyment of life. I then contented myself with asking for the preservation of such favourable attitudes ... and away they went.

This was not really the end of the story, however. Despite his hesitations, Kosegarten would soon write that letter to Soult, asking for and receiving a position of professor at Greifswald University, that he kept until his death, even after the fall of the Premier Empire.

#napoleon's marshals #jean-de-dieu soult #Prussia 1808

[foxilayde]

Whats the most expensive perfume you own and do you think its worth the price?

If we are going by overall price, that would be Spice Must Flow by Etat Libre d’Orange

$239 USD for 100ml

Dear LORD this one is amazing. It’s my winter scent and when I tell you I haven’t made a DENT in this bottle because it’s so POTENT, I NEVER fully depress the atomizer because it’s sooo strong. Ugh, this warms up so nicely on my skin and sticks to my sweaters for days and days. I can’t wait for the cooler months so I can break out this baddie again. She is a sexy, loving desert rose with permeating incense. When I walk in a room with half a spray on me, people are sniffing me and effusively telling me how good I smell. Also it reminds me of Leto and I imagine this is how his neck smells after a long day on Arrakis 🥰

Now, not for price overall, but dollar per ml? That’s Rag and Bone’s Oddity

$150 USD for 50 ml

I can’t even properly describe this one. It’s like hot steamy lovemaking by a beach bonfire. Woody and fragrant and eternally warm. This is a summer to fall scent imo, most people would classify it as a colder month scent because of how spicy it is but omfg it’s a summer night fragrance if I’ve ever smelled one. When I initially got this perfume, I sprayed it on every single person at a house party because I couldn’t keep it a secret. If Spice Must Flow is Leto Atreides, this one is Jack from Mojave. I want to be buried in this perfume.

#fragrance #so to answer your question: yes definitely worth the price imo

[siadai]

TW: drugs, overdose, toxic family and relationship dynamics

vachirawit chivaree. he/him. cis man. ›spotted at the met steps , watcharin “lightning” suwannarat , most likely listening to an old version of la campanella played by a once-great pianist (himself) with his airpods pro . the twenty-seven year old gained quite a reputation , known to be short-tempered yet passionate to anyone who knows him . you’ll easily spot him when you hear about opulent flames of crimson and gold that raze the world with wildfire , the euphoria of the gentle melody produced by the violent clash of flesh against ivory and percussion against string , the torrid uneasiness that precludes the rage of a calamitous thunderstorm, followed by fils de dieu du riz et des agrumes by etat libre d'orange. latest nepoupdates article talks about how the scion of the richest family in thailand is in hiding from his family and the media after allegedly being found half-dead in a haze of drugs in some club bathroom , but i guess any reputation is good reputation .

NAME: Watcharin Suwannarat

NICKNAME: Lightning

PRONOUNS: he/him

GENDER: cis man

ORIENTATION: bisexual biromantic

AGE: twenty-seven

PAST

Lightning is the firstborn child of an all-reaching business tycoon and an eminent, slightly corrupt politician. All affluent families try their best to give their children holistic educations, and so really it was their fault by that by the age of three Lightning was already playing the piano, and if by the age of seven Lightning wanted nothing more than to play the piano his whole life, then who was to blame but those who pushed the instrument upon him? A compromise was made — he would be sent to London for tutelage with the most eminent pianists at the time, but he would complete his education at Eton College (not for his brightness nor his particular dedication to academics, but for the brightness of the coin that his parents handed over) and make all the appropriate connections until he would be old enough to go to Oxford. Even when he toured the world and performed large concerts and guested for eminent figures, his passion was treated as nothing more than a fleeting hobby. 

At age seventeen, the course of his life is changed forever — he entangles himself obsessively with a lover, and while neither of them are perfect, while the many years that pass before the accident are fiery and exciting and Lightning would not trade it for the world, Lightning will forever know that if he had not met this individual, he would still be in a relationship with that which he has loved more than anything in the world: the piano. It was an accident. It was. But not even the greatest surgeons in the world could restore the dexterity and feeling in his fingers, forever haunted by numbness and stiffness and an endless tremble. 

So he leaves this life behind. He flies to the United States to attempt the life his parents want for him — he goes to university. It comes as a surprise to no one that he has no interest in this path, and so instead he inundates all senses with beautiful shows and beautiful sensations, carefree and wild. He moves to New York City and continues to live as he pleases, wishing for his father's wellbeing and long life so he never has to come back and take the reins, garners the personality of a socialite in lieu of a virtuoso, until a fight with his lover leads to a night of extreme debauchery that even his corrupted body could not take. He is found half-dead in some sordid club the next day, taken to the hospital and to be returned to his homeland. He runs away from all of this — no one knows where he went in those months that he was gone, but he was seen again in the streets of New York, ready to return to the very same life that had almost caused his demise.

PRESENT

Lightning does absolutely nothing with his time except socialize, attend events, and search for new experiences. He has not touched a piano since the accident and the many months after of failed attempts. He will never admit to it, but he is still finding that purpose which will replace that which once gave him glory. Lightning has too much money to spend and is wont to throwing lavish parties for the smallest of occasions.

HEADCANONS

Lightning loves music of all kinds. Though his roots are in classical instrumentals, he will give anything and everything a listen, and currently particularly favors the sort of music played at sordid warehouse parties and parties in the middle of forests.

Lightning is quick to anger and quick to joy; he detests neutral responses and is almost always at an extreme end of the spectrum when it comes to his emotional responses. He wears his heart on his sleeve most of the time.

Having spent most of his formative years in London with posh prats, he speaks with a Received Pronunciation accent.

Because of his difficulty with manipulating his fingers, he often requires help with the most basic of tasks. Even when he uses his phone he has to use voice commands because typing brings too much pain, and so he favors calls and face-to-face meetings.

Lightning likes to express himself through his clothing, and is never seen in anything less than extravagant and flamboyant.

#nepofm.intro

[solradguy]

It’s been a while since I’ve shared one of my favorite songs/music videos of all time. Description from the YT page:

'The Damned' is featured on the Plasmatics’s third studio album, Coup D´Etat (1982).  The video shows Wendy in epic form driving a school bus loaded with explosives, crashing into two walls of TVs, climbing on to the roof and then jumping off right before the explosion. The video shoot had to be completed in one day, and no second take was possible. Always a danger freak, Wendy refused to stop the production even after seriously spraining her ankle. The video was a massive success despite MTV’s pushback with its legal department demanding the inclusion of a “warning” label at the beginning. Once again, Wendy Williams transcended the limits of what rockstars were doing at that time, whether male or female.

#musicpost #videopost #Rest in peace Wendy...